United States v. Google Inc.

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United States v. Google Inc.
CourtUnited States District Court for the Northern District of California
Full case name United States v. Google Inc.
DecidedNovember 16, 2012
Docket nos.3:12-cv-04177
Court membership
Judge sittingSusan Yvonne Illston

United States v. Google Inc., No. 3:12-cv-04177 (N.D. Cal. Nov. 16, 2012), is a case in which the United States District Court for the Northern District of California approved a stipulated order for a permanent injunction and a $22.5 million civil penalty judgment, the largest civil penalty the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has ever won in history.[1] The FTC and Google Inc. consented to the entry of the stipulated order to resolve the dispute which arose from Google's violation of its privacy policy. In this case, the FTC found Google liable for misrepresenting "privacy assurances to users of Apple's Safari Internet browser".[2] It was reached after the FTC considered that through the placement of advertising tracking cookies in the Safari web browser, and while serving targeted advertisements, Google violated the 2011 FTC's administrative order issued in FTC v. Google Inc.[3]

  1. ^ Forden, Sara (November 17, 2012). "Google Judge Accepts $22.5 Million FTC Privacy Settlement". Bloomberg. Retrieved March 18, 2014.
  2. ^ Federal Trade Commission-FTC (August 9, 2012). "Google Will Pay $22.5 Million to Settle FTC Charges it Misrepresented Privacy Assurances to Users of Apple's Safari Internet Browser". Retrieved March 2, 2014.
  3. ^ Federal Trade Commission-FTC (November 20, 2012). "Statement by FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection Director David Vladeck Regarding Judges Approval of Google Safari Settlement". Retrieved March 2, 2014.